The goal is to remove all HTML from your programs, and to make your programs'
calculations available to content developers with minial effort.
The API allows the programmer to "plug" values back into
HTML documents at run-time.
Some people call this an "Model-View-Controller" architecture.

By separating the HTML from the programs, the worlds
of content developers and site programmers are now nicely deliniated -
your content team concentrates on HTML, and your programmers
program.

after, um, 11 years of hard work and hard slacking, HTDB is now available for download to the general public in tarball form.

the install should be fairly smooth for those using linux (redhat/suse both tested). solaris and irix may be a bit more difficult, and getting a mac osx install will require a professional propellor-head.

windows? don't even bother, unless you're willing to port and send the diffs.

leave comments on your successes and/or failures over in the Download feedback area.